High in the bare branches of a tree at the edge of my meadow, a female pine warbler paused just long enough for me to take her picture. / PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

Conservation agencies and volunteers are out in jack pine forests in parts of the U.S. and Canada, searching for and counting a particular kind of bird, the Kirtland’s warbler. At 5:45 a.m. I met up ...

GRAYLING, MI – Saving the Kirtland’s warbler from extinction is touted among the greatest conservation achievements in Michigan history. The migratory songbird was one of the first added to the ...

Have you seen a Northern Mockingbird at your feeder? They are the size of a Robin and they will be very aggressive to many other birds! They tend to visit more during the winter months when suet, ...

The decline is attributed to a lack of young jack pine forests, the bird's exclusive breeding habitat. The Michigan DNR and partners are implementing a 10-year plan to manage and create more suitable ...